Best Simulation Games
1,051 Simulation games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
WorldBox
Released: Oct 2, 2018
Critic rating: 66.1 / 100 • 59 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
WorldBox is the ultimate god simulator and sandbox game.
The Simpsons: Tapped Out
Released: Feb 29, 2012
Critic rating: 66.0 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
The Simpsons: Tapped Out is a freemium mobile game for iOS and Android, based on the American animated series The Simpsons.
Star Trek Online
Released: Feb 2, 2010
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Star Trek Online is a premier free-to-play MMORPG from Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment set in the famous Star Trek universe.
Sim Theme Park
Released: Nov 4, 1999
Critic rating: 65.8 / 100 • 56 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Like the previous title, Theme Park World tasks players with managing a series of amusement parks.
Empyrion: Galactic Survival
Released: Aug 5, 2020
Critic rating: 65.7 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Empyrion - Galactic Survival is a 3D open world space sandbox survival adventure.
The Solus Project
Released: Jun 7, 2016
Critic rating: 63.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A single player exploration and survival experience, played in first person and developed in Unreal Engine 4.
MySims
Released: Sep 18, 2007
Critic rating: 68.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Move to a town that has been struggling lately.
Fallout Shelter
Released: Jun 14, 2015
Critic rating: 67.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec.
Aimlabs
Released: Jun 16, 2023
Critic rating: 65.5 / 100 • 30 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Aimlabs is a training platform designed by gamers to help sharpen up your core FPS aiming skills.
WWE 2K18
Released: Oct 17, 2017
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
This latest entry in 2k Sports WWE series boasts a next generation graphics engine, the largest roster of any WWE game before it with the rosters updated gimmick sets and show stylings to closely resembles the current TV product, and the first WWE 2k only be released on current generation hardware.
Pit People
Released: Mar 2, 2018
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In the fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species.
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder
Released: Aug 28, 2017
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The greatest "giant rocks rolling through historical/artistic ages" tower defense game is back with Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder.
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
Released: Oct 5, 2004
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude is a 2004 video game, part of the Leisure Suit Larry series.
Need for Speed: World
Released: Jul 27, 2010
Critic rating: 63.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Simulator
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Need for Speed: World was the fifteenth installment in the long-running racing video game Need for Speed franchise published by Electronic Arts.
Peace, Death!
Released: Mar 24, 2017
Critic rating: 65.3 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Peace, Death!
SimCity
Released: Mar 5, 2013
Critic rating: 60.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
This is a new SimCity that delivers unprecedented depth of simulation.
NBA Live 07
Released: Sep 25, 2006
Critic rating: 51.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
NBA Live is a series of basketball video games, published by EA Sports.
House Flipper
Released: May 17, 2018
Critic rating: 61.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
House Flipper is a unique chance to become the one-man renovating crew.
Littlewood
Released: Aug 4, 2020
Critic rating: 65.3 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The world has already been saved.
Paperboy
Released: Nov 1, 1984
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Apple IIGS, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Acorn Electron, iOS, Commodore 16, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Xbox 360, Amstrad CPC, Commodore Plus/4, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
Paperboy is a 1985 arcade game by Atari Games originally developed in 1984 .
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
Released: May 19, 2022
Critic rating: 63.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Based on the cult role-playing world and developed by specialists in the genre, Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is a narrative RPG in which your every choice determines the fate of the three main characters and of the Boston Camarilla.
This Is the Police
Released: Jul 27, 2016
Critic rating: 60.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Jack Boyd, beloved police chief of Freeburg, has 180 days before he's forced to retire.
Pacify
Released: Feb 22, 2019
Critic rating: 65.1 / 100 • 75 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
An indie, multiplayer, horror game with fast paced game play for up to 4 players.
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Released: Nov 13, 2007
Critic rating: 60.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Compete at the highest level of street racing with Need for Speed ProStreet.
The Sims 3: Showtime
Released: Mar 6, 2012
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Live the rags to riches story with your Sims while connected to your friends with The Sims 3: Showtime.